Both teams have 46 points, two more than the eighth-place New York Rangers, who were idle.
Of course, they have to get it to him first and that's a tough task against the shot-blocking New York Rangers.
The Sabres trail the eighth-place New York Rangers by five points.
Ladd finished off the Jets' 3-1 win over the New York Rangers on Thursday night with an empty-net goal.
That gave Boston a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers in the opener of their Eastern Conference best-of-seven semifinal.
Three of the four clubs still alive in baseball's 2010 postseason--the Texas Rangers, New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants--are candidates for honors both uplifting and dubious.
Lundqvist made a season-high 48 saves, and the New York Rangers gave the Carolina Hurricanes their club-record-tying seventh straight home loss, 4-1 on Saturday night.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba Ondrej Pavelec made 28 saves, and the Winnipeg Jets held on to beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Thursday night.
The newly acquired Pittsburgh forward scored a goal in regulation in his debut and then added the only tally in the shootout as the Penguins edged the New York Rangers 2-1 on Friday night.
Barely 24 hours after shutting out the New York Rangers 3-0 behind No. 1 goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, Vokoun showcased why the Penguins traded for him during the offseason to give Fleury an experienced backup.
Boston went ahead by two goals in the first minute of the third period, added another 12 minutes later and beat the New York Rangers 5-2 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals.
Jokinen certainly borrowed a page from Crosby's flair for the dramatic in his Penguins debut, scoring in regulation and then adding the only tally in the shootout as Pittsburgh edged the New York Rangers 2-1 on Friday night.
Pittsburgh shut down the New York Rangers 3-0 on Thursday night in a competent though Bylsma insists far from perfect victory in which the Penguins sucked the life out of the Garden one smart play at a time.
Boston's leading goal-scorer during the regular season scored his first of the postseason with 4:20 left in the first overtime and the Bruins beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Thursday night in the first playoff game in 40 years between the Original Six teams.
"As you know, we're getting thin here, " Bruins coach Claude Julien said on Friday, a day after Torey Krug, in his first career NHL playoff game, scored to send the game into overtime and Boston defeated the New York Rangers 3-2 in Game 1 of their best-of-seven, second-round playoff series.
Wayne Simmonds and Jakub Voracek scored to lead the Flyers to their first win of the season, 2-1 over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.
But after the Penguins' 7-3 victory Wednesday night, it's hard to imagine Crosby and his teammates aren't starting to think about facing the Bruins up 3-0 over the New York Rangers.
Carl Hagelin had two goals and an assist, and Lundqvist made 19 saves in the New York Rangers' 5-1 victory over Tampa Bay that extended the Lightning's losing streak to four games Sunday night.
Olli Jokinen scored twice and Evander Kane had a goal and assist in the second period for the surging Jets, who completed a dominant road trip with a 4-3 victory over the injury-riddled and slumping New York Rangers on Tuesday night.
The inevitable elimination came Sunday with a 4-1 road loss against their biggest rival, the New York Rangers the club the Devils knocked out in a six-game series last year to set up a finals matchup with the eventual Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings.
The Penguins begin a home-and-home set with the New York Rangers on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden ...
Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin scored in the shootout and regulation to give the Capitals a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday night.
The Islanders (24-17-7) lead the New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators by one point, but the Rangers have one game left, and Ottawa has two remaining this weekend.
The three shots tied the Maple Leafs' lowest output in a period this season, which came in a 5-2 loss to the New York Rangers on Jan. 26.
The win didn't come easily against a Sabres team that was playing for pride having been eliminated from contention following an 8-4 loss to the New York Rangers on Friday and riding a hot goalie in Jhonas Enroth.
The feisty and combative coach was fired by the New York Rangers on Wednesday after four-plus seasons behind the bench and four trips to the postseason.
Matt Moulson, Streit and Radek Martinek also scored for the Islanders, who bounced back from a 1-0 overtime loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday.
They also know it's vital to convert chances against their first-round playoff opponent, the New York Rangers, who were whistled for the fewest penalties in the league.
The Bruins open another best-of-seven series at home against the New York Rangers on Thursday.
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